Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP1096150

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP1096150

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

New Biomimetic Nanostructured Coatings for Hip Implants. Over 30,000 hip implants operations take place in Australia each year, due largely to a significant and growing proportion of the population suffering from conditions such as osteoporosis. The coating on the implants, required to cause good bone ingrowth and adhesion between bone and implant, is far from perfect. We propose to spray coatings which mimic the structure of bone, and thus offer improved mechanical properties such as appropriate rigidity and toughness, and stimulate better bone growth at the interface. In this way the implant should be much longer lasting and the need for undesirable revision surgery reduced. The processing technique proposed could also be a useful platform coating technology in a number of other industries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2010

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $510,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Polymers | Nanotechnology | Biomedical Engineering | Biomaterials |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Plastic products (incl. Construction materials) | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints)

Other Keywords

Biomaterials | Biomedical Engineering | Nanotechnology | Plastic products (incl. Construction materials) | Polymeric materials (e.g. paints) | Polymers

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